On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:08 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > I want only users with root privileges to use > apt/aptitude/synaptic/gdebi/etc. and I want the original behavior > restored. Then I don't understand "users". Only root has got root privileges. If other users should have the same permissions, than you must have edit something and it might explain why a user password is required. If you only upgraded Sid and this happened, it's a bug.